July 15, 2009
Abuse, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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Associated Press
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of a prominent San Mateo County child psychiatrist charged with molesting some of his young patients.
Dr. William Ayres is charged with nine counts of child molestation. Authorities allege that he molested several boys between 1988 and 1996.
He has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Jurors began deliberations Tuesday after a 23-day trial.
Ayres took the stand on his own behalf during the trial and insisted that physical exams he conducted on some of his patients were necessary because he had concerns about their physical health.
If convicted, the 77-year-old Ayres could spend the rest of his life in prison.
July 15, 2009
Abuse, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Sam Castellani learned his license will remain suspended. Castellani was arrested and charged with rape last month.
A female patient claimed she performed sexual acts, in exchange for medication. In the end, the State won-out.
As the criminal part of the case moves forward Castellani does have the right to a public hearing, complete with witnesses.
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July 15, 2009
Death, Fraud, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
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By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
A criminal investigation has begun into the death of a patient on a waiting room floor at a city-run psychiatric hospital in Brooklyn last year, the Brooklyn district attorney said on Tuesday.
The district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said that a grand jury had begun an inquiry into the death of Esmin Green, 49, who died early on June 19, 2008, about 24 hours after arriving by ambulance at Kings County Hospital Center’s psychiatric emergency room, where doctors said she was schizophrenic and ordered her to be involuntarily committed.
According to hospital protocol, Ms. Green should have been given a medical examination before she was admitted.
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July 15, 2009
Abuse, Addiction, ECT, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatry
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By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai
Published: 3:56PM BST 15 Jul 2009
Internet addiction has become a growing problem in China, where officials believe as many as four million people spend more than six hours a day online.
Several clinics have sprung up, offering parents the chance to “cure” their children of the uncontrollable urge to blog or play online games.
Tao Ran, from the Beijing Military General Hospital, runs a camp which gives addicts a mixture of counselling, military discipline and hypnosis.
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